Posts Tagged ‘Christian Music’

Interview with Ojo Taylor (of Christian punk band Undercover)

In the summer of 1984 a friend gave me a tape with Undercover‘s self-titled debut on side one, and their second album, God Rules, on the other. I was hooked immediately. As I finished high school and entered college, my personal faith began to deepen, and to make room for questions, doubts, and...

June 18th, 2012 | Arts, Blog, Music | Read More

Critics Gone Wild

I like Derek Webb a lot. He’s a truly creative guy, working in and around the fringes of Christian music, a genre that doesn’t exactly prize “the artist” often. I met him briefly when he was touring during his first round with Caedmon’s Call (a band Webb announced he will...

September 13th, 2009 | Music | Read More

Larry Norman Says Good-Bye

Larry Norman, the “father of Christian rock,” is dead but not forgotten. Known for his strong dislike of journalists, Larry nevertheless decided to trust me with an almost unheard of half-day interview before what was billed as his “final” U.S. concert. During that wide-ranging...

March 3rd, 2008 | Music | Read More

Andrew Beaujon – Body Piercing Saved My Life

In attempting to take a close look at the Christian rock scene, author Andrew Beaujon knew from the start that he was taking on somewhat of a Herculean task. He writes in the opening chapter, “When I started researching this book, the reaction of most of my colleagues was, ‘Better you than...

August 15th, 2006 | Books | Read More